"Cuttings"

6 x 6"
oil on masonite
sold

From where I sit and paint, I can see the one Dogwood tree that was here when I first bought my house fifteen years ago. It was the only tree in my back yard. Now it lives among Cherry trees, Crepe Myrtles, River Birches, Japanese Maples and a Lilac tree. It's happy.

"White Lily"

6 x 6"
oil on masonite
sold

From my afternoon of Zen, which included a quiet, comforting, rainy day.

"Color World"

3 x 11"
oil on masonite
sold

Happy Spring to you - although I have a great appreciation for the soft, grayish tones of winter, I found myself eager to place something colorful in front of me and play with my paints. I've been nothing short of brain-dead after finishing up 18 new pieces and getting them to the galleries - I've even done my spring cleaning, tax returns and whatever else I've neglected since November. Time to get back into the groove.

detail

This painting is a quick, painterly, cheerful portrait of the flower before me, sitting in my favorite POM glass.

"Irises"

6 x 6"
oil on masonite

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This new painting was inspired by reading an article in the NY Times, that Iris Blue is the new, hip color, and........... I got some for Christmas. Surely signs to lead me to paint this timely I is for Irises piece. I had a lot of fun with the Van Gogh-like brush strokes, laying it on thick.

"The Mother Load"

9 x 12"

oil on masonite

sold

You can almost hear what this weighted-down mother is saying to herself as she seemingly 'escapes' into the scene of the painting before her. That particular piece of American Art is a breathtaking, realism piece done by Charles Curran, titled "Lotus Lilies" - one of my personal favorites in the Art Institute of Chicago.

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